The History of Our Fraternity
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The First Greek-letter Secret Social Fraternity was.......
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Phi Beta Kappa-William and Mary - 1776
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Which fraternity is the currently the oldest around today?
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Kappa Alpha Society - 1825
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Which fraternities are part of the Union Triad?
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Kappa Alpha Society, Sigma Phi, and Delta Phi
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Which fraternities are part of the Miami Triad?
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Beta Theta Pi, Phi Delta Theta, Sigma Chi
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Name two pre-Civil War Fraternities in the South....
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SAE, Delta Tau Delta
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Name some of the post-Civil War Fraternities
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Alpha Tau Omega, Phi Kappa Chi, Pi Kappa Alpha
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Name the founders of Pi Kappa Alpha
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Frederick Southgate Taylor Littleton Waller Tazewell James Benjamin Sclater, Jr. Robertson Howard William Alexander
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Who lived together in 47 west range?
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Taylor, Tazewell
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Who were cousins?
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Taylor, Tazewll
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Where did the first meeting occur?
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47 west range
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Where did the second meeting occur?
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Lover's Rock - Julian Edward Wood was added
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Who led the first meeting and took control?
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Taylor
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Who was the first initiate and when was he initiated?
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Augustus Washington Knox-1868
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How many rays of sunshine are on the coat of arms?
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54
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What is special about William Alexander?
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Lived in England during the civil war...never initiated, but still considered a founder....didn't come until the third or fourth meeting
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Who lived in 43 West Range?
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Sclater, Howard
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When was the first charter issued?
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1869 - Davidson College *NC - Three more followed before calling the first convention
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When was the first convention?
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Richmond - 1874 - Frederick Southgate Taylor led
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What happened in the 1880s with the chapter?
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Only two chapters-Alpha (UVA) and Theta (Rhodes College) - both struggled throughout the decade
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Who's goal was it to revive the Alpha Chapter?
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Theron Hall Rice (Theta)
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What did Rice do to revive the Alpha chapter?
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He called for convention at Hampden-Sydney College in 1889
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Who was at the Hampden -Sydney convention of 1889?
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Alpha-Rice Iota - Howard Bell Arbuckle Theta - John Shaw Foster
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Who started the Journal?
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Robert Adger Smythe (Lambda) - Name later changed to Shield and Diamond
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What happened at the 1909 New Orleans convention?
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Current coat of arms selected and the Mason Dixon line restriction was repealed
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Why was there extensive expansion after 1909?
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Because they could now expand into the northeast- chapter increases about 250%
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What happened in 1933?
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Started having a Paid Professional staff
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How many brothers were in uniformed service around WWII?
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1/3 of all brothers
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What happened at the 1946 Mackinae Island Victory Convention?
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Headquarters built - Hired young professional alumni to visit chapters
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What happened in the 1960's?
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Repeal of \"Whites Only\" Clause 87% of all chapters are still active -Decline in Membership, but not as much as other northern based fraternities
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What happened in the 1970's?
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Chartered a chapter in Canada - didn't succeed until 1994
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When was the 100,000th member initiated?
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1976
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When was the 200,000th member initiated?
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2000
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What happened in the 1980's?
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-Memphis headquarters built -Leadership programs refined to become Pike U
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Why is the headquarters in Memphis shaped like Montichello?
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It was symbolic considering the founders of the fraternity shared many similar ideas to Thomas Jefferson...Also the fraternity started at UVA the university that Thomas Jefferson built
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What was Robertson Howards profession?
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-Studied everything, chemistry, medicine, went to Georgetown to study law and then teach
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Who was Howards roommate at UVA and what was Howard studying while at UVA?
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Lived in 43 west range with Sclater -Studying Chemistry
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Where is Howard buried?
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Congressional Cemetery in Washington D.C.
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How did Howard die?
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Riding down the street in carriage and fell over and died
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Where did Julian Edward Wood originally go to school?
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VMI cadet after serving 1.5 years in the Civil war
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What was Wood studying at UVA? and Why is it important?
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Post graduate studies in medicine...All the founders were studying similar things and had similar interests
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Who did Wood know from his time at VMI?
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Littleton Waller Tazewell and James Benjamin Sclater Jr
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Where is Wood buried?
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Elizabeth City, NC
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Where was Sclater raised?
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RVA
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Where is Sclater buried?
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Hollywood cemetery
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What did Sclater study while at UVA?
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Studied medicine - later worked in his father's business
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Why is Frederick Southgate Taylor so important?
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He is the leader of the fraternity...giving the fraternity its name and earliest rituals...and led the first convention in 1874
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Where did Taylor originally go to school and why is it important?
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Originally got an A.B. from William and Mary...this is important because that is where Greek societies started
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How did Taylor die?
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Died walking down the street talking business
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Where is Taylor buried?
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Elmwood Cemetery, Norfolk in family plot
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Where is Tazewell buried?
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Elmwood Cemetery, Norfolk *He and Taylor are cousins thus they were buried together
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What did William Alexander study at UVA?
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Medicine
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What did William Alexander do during the Civil War?
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Lived in Great Britain to avoid the war
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Who has an award in their name?
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Robert Adger Smythe
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Name all of the junior founders.
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Theron Hall Rice Howard Bell Arbuckle John Shaw Foster Robert Adger Smythe
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When was the VCU colony founded?
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October 25, 2008
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How many men are in the initial Alpha founding class?
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54- dropped to 18
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How many men are in the Beta founding class?
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12
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How many men are in the Gamma Founding Class?
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22
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How many men are in the Delta founding class?
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15
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How many men are in the Alpha pledge class?
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25 dropped to 23
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How many men are in the Beta pledge class?
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15 dropped to 13
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How many men are in the Gamma pledge class?
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25 dropped to 23
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Who was the president of the first executive council?
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Kaleem Ahmad
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Who was the IVP of the first executive council?
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Josh Ronk
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Who was the EVP of the first executive council?
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Robert Partin
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Who was the secretary of the first executive council?
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Trevor Staufffer
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Who was the treasurer of the first executive council?
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Zach Rager
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Who was the president of the founding exec council?
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Ryan O'Conner
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Who was the IVP of the founding exec council?
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Josh Ronk
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Who was the EVP of the founding exec council?
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Robert Partin
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Who was the secretary of the founding exec council?
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Trevor Stauffer
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Who was the treasurer of the founding exec council?
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Ryan Cummins
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Who was the sergeant of arms of the founding exec council?
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Brent Howlett
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Who was the risk awareness of the founding exec council?
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I don't have this in my notes so look it up....
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Who have been the chapter advisors?
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Jack Brouseeau (2010-Present) Chad Hornik, (2008-2010)
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Who have been the presidents of the Alumni Advisor Board?
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Tim Criles (2009-Present)
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Who are the current leaders?
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P - Agee IVP-Wistrom EVP-Tatum Sec-Moore Treasure-Chung Sargent of Arms - Derek Abdelnour Risk Awareness - Kyle Sherwood Recruitment - Alex Waller Pledge Educator-Bryan Hogan
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Why wasn't Symthe at the 1889 convention?
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The citadel wasn't off for Christmas break
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When was our fraternity chartered at VCU?
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April 17th, 2010
